Sisu (2022)
Country: FIN/GB
Technical: col/2.39:1 91m
Director: Jalmari Helander
Cast: Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Mimosa Willamo
Synopsis:
Finland, 1944: the Germans withdraw from the north, implementing a scorched earth policy. Meanwhile a former elite commando turned gold prospector falls foul of a death squad transporting female prisoners. Or is it the other way around?
Review:
Like a graphic novel cross between Eureka, The Revenant and Inglourious Basterds, Helander's film turns up the Nordic machismo while laying on a deafening soundtrack and bleached colour palette. Albeit stretching probability too far, it posits a Jeremiah Johnson figure so inexorable, even a drowning, hanging and vertical plane crash cannot extinguish his legendary powers of survival. After so many serious films about the war, it was good to be able to cheer at some dying Nazis again.
Country: FIN/GB
Technical: col/2.39:1 91m
Director: Jalmari Helander
Cast: Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Mimosa Willamo
Synopsis:
Finland, 1944: the Germans withdraw from the north, implementing a scorched earth policy. Meanwhile a former elite commando turned gold prospector falls foul of a death squad transporting female prisoners. Or is it the other way around?
Review:
Like a graphic novel cross between Eureka, The Revenant and Inglourious Basterds, Helander's film turns up the Nordic machismo while laying on a deafening soundtrack and bleached colour palette. Albeit stretching probability too far, it posits a Jeremiah Johnson figure so inexorable, even a drowning, hanging and vertical plane crash cannot extinguish his legendary powers of survival. After so many serious films about the war, it was good to be able to cheer at some dying Nazis again.
Country: FIN/GB
Technical: col/2.39:1 91m
Director: Jalmari Helander
Cast: Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Mimosa Willamo
Synopsis:
Finland, 1944: the Germans withdraw from the north, implementing a scorched earth policy. Meanwhile a former elite commando turned gold prospector falls foul of a death squad transporting female prisoners. Or is it the other way around?
Review:
Like a graphic novel cross between Eureka, The Revenant and Inglourious Basterds, Helander's film turns up the Nordic machismo while laying on a deafening soundtrack and bleached colour palette. Albeit stretching probability too far, it posits a Jeremiah Johnson figure so inexorable, even a drowning, hanging and vertical plane crash cannot extinguish his legendary powers of survival. After so many serious films about the war, it was good to be able to cheer at some dying Nazis again.